Joseph J. Laflamme

10/20/2005

Joseph J. Laflamme, 19, of 510 East St. died Thursday as the result of an auto accident in Schodack, N.Y. A first-year student at Maryland Bible College and Seminary in Baltimore, he was heading to Massachusetts to attend a Christian Youth Rally in Marlborough. Born in Pittsfield on July 4, 1986, son of Gerard G. and Mary Powers Laflamme, he was educated in Lee schools and was a 2005 graduate of Lee High School, where he was a member of the varsity football team, the high school and jazz bands, and the National Honors Society. In his younger years, he played Pee-Wee football. He was a member of Greater Grace Church of the Berkshires, where he was a worship leader, and a member of the Inner City Christian Youth Program in Pittsfield and in Baltimore. Besides his parents, of Lee, he leaves two brothers, David A. Laflamme, also a student at the college in Baltimore, and Matthew S. Laflamme of Lee; his paternal grandparents, Gaston and Mignonne Laflamme of Cumming, Ga., and his maternal grandparents John and Elizabeth Powers of Acton. FUNERAL NOTICE -- A memorial service for Joseph J. Laflamme will be held Tuesday at 11 at Greater Grace Church of the Berkshires, 160 High St., Lee. Burial will follow in Fairmount Cemetery, Lee. Visiting hours at KELLY FUNERAL HOME, 3 Main St., Lee, MA 01238, will be Monday from 4 to 7. In lieu of flowers, friends wishing may make donations to the Joseph Laflamme Scholarship Fund at Greater Grace Church. Joe's greatest passion was to share Jesus Christ with people. He was often heard saying, "If you died today, where would you go?" He wanted people to know about the reality of Heaven, and that to receive Christ as Savior is the most important decision a person can make. He was a true Ambassador for Christ.

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